Our Vegetable Seed Department cuntains all the good standard varieties, also many novelties 
introduced by ourselves and others in recent years, and we flatter ourselves that none better can be 
obtained anywhere. 
exceedingly reasonable. 
WE DELIVER 
ASPARAGUS. 
German, Spargel. French, Asperge. 
As early in the spring as the ground can be worked, sow the seeds, pievi- 
ously soaked in water for about twenty-four hours, in rows about a foot apart. 
During the first season the young plants must be carefully attended to. Culti- 
vate between the rows frequently, to keep the soil loose and weeds down. Re- 
move all weeds in the rows by hand-picking. The second year the plants will 
be ready for planting in permanent beds. Prepare these beds by trenching to a 
depth of at least two feet and working in a liberal quantity of barn-yard ma- 
nure. The beds should be about two feet apart and three feet wide, and three 
rows only should be planted in each, the plants being placed from 15 to 18inches 
apartin the rows, or when large quantities are grown for market, the plants 
should be set in rows three feet apart, and the plants about one foot apart. 
This plan admits of horse cultivators being used. In planting, spread out the 
roots carefully and cover with about six oreightinches of soil. A rather sandy 
soil suits this plant best. Sow one cz. to 60 feet of drill. 
Colossal—A well-known and excellent variety. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c. 
Palmetto—An earlier and more productive variety than the preceding. 
Pkt., 5¢e; 0z., 10c; 41b., 20c; 1 Ib 
Giant Argenteuil—A favorite 
market sort; grows to a 
very large Size. Pkt., 5c; 
O25 LOGs84 lb; c0C3 lbs. 85, 
Asparagus Reots. 
If desired by Mail, add 40c per 100 
for Postage. 
Barr’s Mamme‘h—A favorite 
large green sort, 2 year old roots, 
by express, per 100, $1.00; per 1,000, 
$6.50. 
Colossal—2 year old roots, by 
express, per 100, 60c; per 1,000, 
$5.00. 
Palmetteo—2 year old roots, by 
express, per 100, 75c; per 1,000, 
$6.00. 
Giant Argenteuil—2 year old 
roots, by express, per 100, $1.00; 
per 1,000, $6.50. 
Columbian Mammoth White 
—A large white variety, 3 year 
old roots, by express, per 100, 
$1.00; per 1,000, $6.50. 
“Asparagus Culture. 
ALL SEEDS OFFERED ON 
POST-OFFICE IN THE UNITED STATES, EXCEPT WHERE 
OTHERWISE NOTED. 
99 A Treatise on the Cultivation of Asparagus, by Barnes 
By comparison witb the prices of other reliable dealers, ours will be found 
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ARTICHOKE—Glebe. 
German, Hrtischoke. 
French, Artichaut. 
Sow in April in hot-bed or boxes, 
and when the ground is ready, trans- 
plant in hills three feet apart, and the 
rows 2 feet apart. 
Large Green Globe—The standard 
variety. Pkt., 5c; oz., 30c; 
Ful 80C3) Wel bieccececcecees eee $3.00 
ARTICHOKE. 
Jerusalem. 
Grown for its tubers, which resem- 
ble potatoes, and should be planted 
in a similar manner, only that the rows should be at least four feet apart 
Make excellent hog feed. Plant six bushels per acre. | 
By express or freight only, at purchaser’s expense; peck, 50c; bushel....-. $1.5 
BROCCOLI 
German, Spargelkobl 
French, i 
Choux aceal 
’ Allied to and closeljj 
resembling the Cauli 
flower, but much mo 
hardy. Sow the seedi 
the early part of Ma; 
and transplant to per 
manent place in June 
Purple Cape—A_ 
hardy and very 
popular variety, 
very rarely fails to 
produce @ goo 
head. Pkt., 5¢; 02Z., | 
20: 4 Ib., $1.00; 1 
GREEN GLOBE ARTICHOKE, | 
BROCCOLI. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 
German, Gruener Kopfkobl, French, Chou de Bruxelles. 
An almostindispensable vegetable for winter use. The 
sprouts, resembiing miniature cabbages, are produced in 
the axils of the leaves. To promote a perfect growth of 
sprouts, the leaves should be cut off as close to as con- 
venient to the stock of the parent plant as the sprouts 
are forming. 
Dwarf Improved—An excellent variety, producing 
numerous compact sprouts. Pkt. 5c; oz., 10¢; 
ASTI Pon SCs elie tanks os =e eee nee rece cee 31.25 BRUSSELS SPROUT 
& Robinson. Price, bound in cloth, 50c, postpaid. 
